Author: Frank Robert Palmer
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: textbooks, linguistics, cambridge, relations, roles, grammatical
Number of Pages: 276
Published: 1994-02-25
List price: $52.00
ISBN-10: 0521458366
ISBN-13: 9780521458368

Frank Palmer’s new book is a typological survey of grammatical roles, such as Agent, Patient, and Beneficiary, as well as grammatical relations, such as Subject, (Direct) Object and Indirect Object, which are familiar concepts in traditional grammars. A great wealth of examples is used to show that the grammatical systems of the familiar European languages are far from typical of many of the world’s languages. Grammatical Roles and Relations will be welcomed by all those interested in language typology.Book DescriptionMany examples reveal that the grammatical systems of the familia

Author: Frank Robert Palmer
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: semantics
Number of Pages: 222
Published: 1981-10-30
List price: $53.00
ISBN-10: 0521283760
ISBN-13: 9780521283762

When the first edition of Semantics appeared in 1976, the developments in this aspect of language study were exciting interest not only among linguists, but among philosophers, psychologists and logicians. Professor Palmer’s straightforward and comprehensive book was immediately welcomed as one of the best introductions to the subject. Interest in Semantics has been further stimulated recently by a number of significant, and often contriversial, theoretical advances; and the publication of this second edition has enabled Professor Palmer to bring his survey thoroughly up to date. There i

Author: Frank Palmer
Publisher: Acer Press
Keywords: tests, selections, recruitment, prepare, practise
Number of Pages: 92
Published: 2007-03-26
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 0864317816
ISBN-13: 9780864317810

Authors:Robert Frank, Robert H. Frank, Philip J. Cook,
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Keywords: top, society, winner
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1996-09-01
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0140259953
ISBN-13: 9780140259957

Selected by Business Week as one of the 10 best business books of the year, this text is "a major contribution to the debate about the causes and consequences of inequality in America."--The New York Times Book Review.

Author: Robert Palmer
Publisher: Cleveland Clinic Pre
Keywords: guides, clinic, cleveland
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2007-05-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1596240423
ISBN-13: 9781596240421

There is no "magic bullet" for optimal aging - which, by the way, has nothing to do with wrinkle-free skin or a good-to-go libido as you sail into your 90s, and everything to do with maintaining your ability to function and remain autonomous, independent, mobile, and cognitively sound until then. At 55 or 75 or 95, your body is at the physical stage your lifestyle habits and the mileage you’ve put on them have gotten them to. But, you can, at any age revive the process of "Aging Well." This book isn’t about the mechanical devices that you can install to make you fell "younger," or

Author: Leonard Robert Palmer
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Keywords: language, latin
Number of Pages: 372
Published: 1988-04
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 080612136X
ISBN-13: 9780806121369

Author: Leonard Robert Palmer
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Keywords: language, greek
Number of Pages: 372
Published: 2000-09-05
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0806128445
ISBN-13: 9780806128443

In this companion volume to his earlier work, The Latin Language, Leonard R. Palmer now provides a history of The Greek Language, including an overview of the coming of the Greeks, the Linear B. Tablets, the Greek dialects, genres (in poetry and prose), and a comparative-historical grammar. Palmer discusses the transformation of the Greek language from its Indo-European roots, through the Bronze and Dark Ages, to the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods and beyond. Major authors and genres are discussed throughout the history, including essays on Homer, Melic poetry, tragedy, Herodotus an